Author: Gabrielle Linnell

We’re just about two months from the opening day of Digitizing the Stage 2019. Have you reserved your seat?

Take the Pre-Conference Workshop, a mini-bootcamp where you’ll learn tools for working through common challenges to digital projects.

Participate in three days of rich and dynamic talks about different ways of digital engagements with the early modern theatre archive, from encoded text to archive, from stage performance to virtual reality.

Enjoy the beauty of the Divinity School, Bodleian Libraries, during the opening reception, and celebrate the conference’s proceedings with the official dinner at the White Hart Pub, Wytham.

We’re so looking forward to the conference, and hope you can join us for this very special week. You can register now through Oxford University Stores.

The conference program lists the preliminary schedule for July, including sessions, titles and speakers. These are subject to change as we get closer to the final event. Abstracts are available for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

The Pre-Conference Workshop description has been published, a hands-on digital projects bootcamp on Monday, July 15, with 20 seats available.

We have begun to add speaker bios to the website and will continue doing so over the next few weeks.

And we have updated our Travel & Accommodation information, with two blocks of hotel rooms reserved and further hotel information provided.

We are delighted to announce the following three plenaries for Digitizing the Stage 2019. Our plenary speakers will bring a depth of experience, energy, and vision to the conference.

Tuesday, July 16: Cristina Dondi (Professor of Early European Book Heritage in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, and Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities at Lincoln College, Oxford)

The deadline for submissions is January 21, 2019. Accepted speakers will be notified no later than February 22, 2019. If you have any questions regarding the proposal submission and acceptance process, please contact digitalconf@folger.edu.

We are delighted to announce that Digitizing the Stage will be returning to the University of Oxford in summer 2019. The successful inaugural conference in 2017 brought together dozens of participants from around the world for a lively and multidisciplinary series of talks and presentations on digital engagements with the early modern theatre archive. In 2019, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries, will be hosting a four-day event from 15-18 July 2019.

Digitizing the Stage will mark the concluding phase of the Folger’s project to build a new digital asset platform, called Miranda, which is made possible through generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The conference sessions will be in the Bodleian’s Weston Library, with other events held in memorable locations elsewhere in Oxford.

This program of talks, presentations, and demonstrations will highlight digital explorations of the early modern stage, with a particular emphasis on performance. We will begin with a pre-conference workshop on 15 July, followed by three days of single-stream programming. The call for proposals will be published by November 2018, followed by registration opening in early 2019.

We anticipate offering a discounted rate for students, early career researchers (ECRs) and unwaged participants, as well as a limited number of tuition and UK travel bursaries. Registration for the three full days of the conference will be capped at no more than 100 seats, with the pre-conference workshop expected to seat no more than 25 participants.

Sign up below to receive updates on the call for proposals and registration information. For questions regarding these or any other matter, please contact digitalconf@folger.edu.

Digitizing the Stage: Rethinking the Early Modern Theatre Archive took place on 10-12 July 2017, just about a month ago. On behalf of the organizers, I would like to thank all the participants who made it a fascinating, convivial, and productive event. For those interested in learning more, we used the Twitter hashtag #DTStage during conference proceedings.

If you have any questions, would like to suggest a follow-up action or activity, or want to be informed about future events, please don’t hesitate to send a line to digitalconf@folger.edu.

Please note that like all digital projects, the program is subject to iterative adjustment and some timings may change prior to 10 July. We expect to add several talks and abstracts as speakers finalize titles and confirm their availability. Most sessions include time for questions and discussion. All events will take place in the Weston Library unless otherwise noted. If you’d like to learn more about the talks, consult the current list of abstracts. Any questions or comments may be directed to Gabrielle Linnell at digitalconf@folger.edu.

Registration is now open for Digitizing the Stage. Registration will be open until 2 June 2017 and is limited to a maximum of 100 attendees.

The registration fee covers full conference attendance, the opening reception, the conference dinner, and refreshment breaks (morning and afternoon.) The fee is £150 for full or £100 for students/early career researchers (within 3 years of obtaining highest degree)/unwaged.

If you have requested a fee waiver and/or travel bursary, we will be responding to your request by Monday, May 8th. Please wait to hear from us before you register.

For those who have submitted proposals in response to the CFP, we are reviewing abstracts now and will respond by mid-May.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email Gabrielle Linnell at digitalconf@folger.edu. We look forward to seeing you in Oxford this July.

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Digitizing the Stage, a conference highlighting digital explorations of early modern drama, will return to the University of Oxford on 15-18 July 2019. The conference is co-sponsored by the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and the Folger Shakespeare Library.